ڈنڈا

Urdu

Etymology

Inherited from Sauraseni Prakrit 𑀟𑀁𑀟𑀕 (ḍaṃḍaga), from Sanskrit दण्डक (daṇḍaka), from दण्ड (daṇḍa) + Middle Indo-Aryan -𑀓- (-ka-). Cognate with Hindi डाँड़ (ḍā̃ṛ) and दंड (daṇḍ), Bengali ডান্ডা (ḍanḍa), and Punjabi ਡੰਡਾ (ḍaṇḍā).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Urdu) IPA^(key): /ɖən.ɖɑː/
• Rhymes: -ɑː
• Hyphenation: ڈَن‧ڈا

Noun

ڈَنْڈا • (ḍanḍā) m (Hindi spelling डंडा)

1. stick, staff
2. (dated, cricket) bat

Declension

Declension of ڈنڈا

	singular	plural
direct	ڈَنْڈا (ḍanḍā)	ڈَنْڈے (ḍanḍe)
oblique	ڈَنْڈے (ḍanḍe)	ڈَنْڈوں (ḍanḍõ)
vocative	ڈَنْڈے (ḍanḍe)	ڈَنْڈو (ḍanḍo)

Further reading

• McGregor, Ronald Stuart (1993), “ڈنڈا”, in The Oxford Hindi-English Dictionary, London: Oxford University Press